This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Emmerdale, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.
Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) only recently returned to the Emmerdale village after a stint in prison, and already he is in danger of being sent back.
Poor Robert is the only one who has caught on to John Sugden’s (Oliver Farnworth) sinister behaviour, with the killer having fooled everyone else.
In tonight’s episode, things got heated between the brothers as Robert tried to convince the Woolpack regulars that John was bad news, but to no avail.
It began when Ross Barton (Michael Parr) revealed that Robert was to blame for the break-in at the farm that left Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn) terrified.
As the family launched into Robert for his actions, John argued that they just wanted to help him, which only rubbed Robert the wrong way.
He was quick to turn on ex-husband Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller), pointing out that they know each other better than he would ever know John.
As John began to gaslight and insist that Robert was just paranoid, Robert stormed out – though this wasn’t the end of their confrontation.
Later, the men bumped into each other and Robert wasted no time in taunting John, determined that Aaron and Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) would find out the truth eventually.
As Robert promised to take him down, John lashed out, strangling his brother and warning him to watch who he crosses or he’ll end up back in prison.
However, Robert wasn’t going to let John have the last laugh, and he quickly hit him over the head with a wrench, knocking him out cold.
It wasn’t long before Victoria and Aaron arrived and called an ambulance, while Robert remained frozen in horror, before fleeing the scene.
With John stable in hospital, Victoria left a message for Robert, begging him not to run away and get himself in more trouble.
Despite hearing Victoria’s pleas, Robert felt he had no choice but to leave, and drove off in a hurry.
Will he come back and face the music, or is he gone for good?
